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Google says the feature is designed in part to allow people with the same names distinguish themselves.

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I’m a third year law student at GWU writing my cert paper on the use of “sous”veillance in the coal mines to make them safer and more productive. This comes on the front of a government mandate that by the Summer of 2009 all coal miners will have two way communication capabilities and will be tracked as to where they are underground. At first this not only seemed not economical to me (because wifi points throughout the mine would need to be set up), but also somewhat fascist.

Now I’m convinced that the only real way to identify connect and serve the miners best interest would to be to give them access to and the ability to communicate on a network amongst their peers, with the company, and with the government. For Example if a blackberry were to become permissible underground a miner could take a picture of a hypothetical unsafe situation upload it, and his supervisors and fellow employees could be made aware of it. The picture would then automatically attach to the mine map and essentially be google earth underground. Engineers, Safety personnel, and foremen could use this information and compare it throughout the life of the mine to determine whether or not to implement any extra ground control methods. It would also document who has evaluated the situation.

The paper is roughly thirty pages long, but if the jon gordon’s would deign to help one of their younger alumnus. I see we have a patent lawyer and a software specialist. Perhaps we could pitch the idea and implement it.

Please e-mail me for the paper and any questions comments or concerns.